Google Me - One-Click Democracy

Barbara Cassin (Author)
Barbara Cassin is Director of Research at the CNRS in Paris and President of the Coll¿ International de Philosophie. Her Dictionary of Untranslatables has been adapted into five languages, and her Nostalgia: When Are We Ever at Home? won the 2015 French Voices Grand Prize. Her most recent book to appear in English is Heidegger: His Life and His Philosophy (coauthored with Alain Badiou).
Michael Syrotinski (Translator)
Michael Syrotinski is Marshall Professor of French at the University of Glasgow.

About the author

Barbara Cassin

Summary

A witty, philosophically-informed, and openly polemical critique by Barbara Cassin of Google that looks at Google’s claims to organize knowledge, and its alleged ethical basis. This critique goes to the heart of the assumed benefits to humanity of increasingly advanced internet technology.

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Cassin, Barbara/ Syrotinski Cassin
• Assisted by: Michael Syrotinski (Translation)
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9780823278060
• ISBN: 978-0-8232-7806-0
• No. of pages: 172
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 216 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Meaning Systems (Fup); Meaning Systems; Meaning Systems
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries